Manager, Quality

The Role

T1 Energy is looking to hire a Quality Manager to build and lead the quality management function at our G2 solar cell fab in Rockdale, Texas. This is a senior leadership role for a seasoned quality professional who has owned quality systems, led audits, and driven continuous improvement in a high-volume manufacturing environment, and who holds the certifications to prove it.

What You'll Do

• Own the Quality Management System (QMS) for the G2 solar cell fab, ensuring compliance with IEC and ISO standards across all operations.
• Lead and develop a quality engineering team responsible for in-line inspection, final product release, and non-conformance management.
• Establish and maintain quality control plans, inspection protocols, and acceptance criteria for all cell fab processes and products.
• Drive yield improvement and defect reduction through structured quality methodologies including SPC, FMEA, 8D, and root cause analysis.
• Lead internal and external audits, certification activities, and customer quality reviews.
• Manage non-conformance, corrective action, and preventive action (CAPA) processes with urgency and rigor.
• Partner with Process, Equipment, and Production teams to embed quality controls into daily manufacturing operations.
• Develop and maintain quality reporting, metrics, and dashboards for leadership visibility.
• Support customer qualification activities and manage quality-related customer communications.
• Ensure product compliance with applicable IEC standards including IEC 61215 and IEC 61730.

Who You Are

• A quality leader with deep expertise in IEC and ISO standards as applied to solar or semiconductor manufacturing.
• Experienced building and running quality management systems in high-volume, high-stakes environments.
• Rigorous and methodical — you don't accept "we think it's fine" as a quality standard.
• A confident leader who can hold the line on quality without alienating the operations team.
• Data-driven, with strong command of statistical quality tools and a track record of using them to drive real improvement.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of quality management experience in solar, semiconductor, or advanced manufacturing.
• IEC and/or ISO certification required; expertise in IEC 61215, IEC 61730, and ISO 9001 strongly preferred.
• Deep experience building and managing QMS programs in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in quality methodologies including SPC, FMEA, 8D, and root cause analysis.
• Experience leading internal and external audits and managing certification processes.
• Proven ability to lead quality teams and drive cross-functional quality improvement initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field; advanced degree a plus.